Gary Owers, the current boss of National League South club Bath City, is the new favourite to become Torquay United's next manager.

The Gulls, still bottom of the National League after a hat-trick by the club's former striker Brett Williams beat them 3-1 at Bromley, are poised to end nearly four weeks of uncertainly by appointing a replacement for Kevin Nicholson in the next 24 hours.

Gatehead-born Owers, 48, is believed to have watched Torquay's seventh defeat in ten games, a start which has seen them concede 23 goals.

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He followed a distinguished playing career with Sunderland, Bristol City and Notts County by moving into coaching and management, with Forest Green Rovers and now Bath, punctuated by spells as assistant at Aldershot Town, Plymouth Argyle under John Sheridan and Gateshead.

Caretaker manager Robbie Herrera, Nicholson's No.2, has been in charge for the last six games, but it is not yet known whether he will remain as part of a new regime.